Kalangala — IT may still be more than a year way but Bidco Uganda Ltd is readying itself for the first commercial harvest of its oil palm fruits on Bugala Island come 2009. Plans are underway for the ...

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, ...

The cultivation of oil palm is here to stay. However, a five-year study indicates that creating islands of native trees within oil-palm monocultures increases biodiversity and ecosystem functioning ...